Saturday, October 31st, 2009 - Job Boards, employment, job application

Paid Job Board Dave, an oil rig worker, asks: Can job sites that ask for a fee before you can upload a CV be trusted? I’m currently looking for work on a offshore oil rig but many of the job boards I find ask for a fee. What do you think? In answer: Yes, the [...]

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Thursday, July 30th, 2009 - Job Advert, career transition, credit crunch, education, employment, job application, job hunting, job search, recruitment

No Job Leah asks: I am depressed there ain’t no jobs out there! I have been searching for work now a year and I have got some good qualifications and complete drive to go back to work. But not one response. I have changed my CV three times! Why can’t I get a job? In [...]

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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 - career change, career transition, credit crunch, cv help, economics, job hunting, job search, job seeking

Getting down during a job search photo credit: woodleywonderworks Jerry, an entry level chemical engineer, asks: I’ve been searching for a job since the beginning of January since I was laid off. I’m not sure if it is my lack of engineering experience or if my resume is lacking. I’ve updated my resume and the [...]

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Monday, April 27th, 2009 - How to Write a CV, career change, career transition, cv help, education, how to make a cv, job application, job search, job seeking

CV Education photo credit: Samuel Mann Greg asks: I get the feeling that the education on my CV is impeding me, in finding a job and otherwise, because people will inevitably ask about it, and I don’t like to talk about my past; also it raises expectations of me that I cannot meet. Do you [...]

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Thursday, April 9th, 2009 - career change, career transition, job hunting, job search, jobs board, tutorial

Jobs Boards Jobs Boards are great! Monster, Just Jobs, TopJobs: a massed plethora of whole of market and focused sector jobs boards make it so easy to find and apply for a job in any job search. In the old days – which thanks to the BBC’s revival of “The Sweeney,” rather than being called [...]

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